Ilya Marritz
Ilya Marritz covers business for WNYC.
City Aims to Turn Fresh Kills Into Wind, Solar Farm
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 01:39 PM
The city announced Tuesday it hopes to top the former Fresh Kills landfill site on Staten Island with power-generating windmills or solar panels.
The Bloomberg administration’s plan, revealed Tuesday during a Crain's New York Business breakfast in Manhattan, would cover up to 75 acres of capped landfill with the latest in renewable energy technology.
Officials believe the installation could meet energy demand for 6,000 homes, effectively doubling the city's renewable power capacity. But 20 megawatts is a tiny amount compared with peak summer electricity demand in New York City, which topped 13,000 megawatts last year.
The city is asking private developers to submit their specific proposals for a renewable energy farm by February 2013.
For decades, the Fresh Kills area of Staten Island was the recipient of other New Yorkers' garbage. It was closed in 2001.
Comments [4]
The concentrated stupidity that wind turbines represent is difficult to measure.
Wait let's look at the existing installations to see how they doing, oh wait, THAT badly?
Seriously we'd be better of spending the money on strippers and booze. At least they don't deface the the countryside.
renewable energy is the way to go...... what is renewable / human energy worth? see (www.theherm.org) the summery. its only1.1/2 pgs thx jeff beller 845-313-8888
LMBO, I thought that was a myth??
too bad they kill flying animals..
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